1988: Fencing of Swimming Pools
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
On 20 July 1987 the Fencing of Swimming Pools Act gained assent and commencement. It came into force the following year on 1 May and applied to everyone with an existing swimming pool, 1 September for new pools. New Zealanders who wished to keep their property, their pools, would now have to fence them off. […]
Read more..May 16, 2025
1988: Richard and Judy
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Worship the anthropocentric hardware of the teleprompter… “Much of the attention focused on newsreaders, their jobs being about as simple as any known to mankind. A stop-go sign holder at roadworks literally has more intellectual demands placed on him or her than someone robotically reading the lines from a screen. This celebrity treatment of newsreaders […]
Read more..May 11, 2025
Nathan Wallis Grift
By NZB3
It’s hard to know when mainstream media is putting out advertising or editorial content. As a rule, the show is propaganda/advertising and the ‘break’ for ‘advertising’ is the real news since it carries price and product information explicitly. The rest of the time they’re trying to sell you something subversively without you knowing. Take Radio […]
Read more..May 8, 2025
1980: Jones on Progeny
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
The famous New Zealander, Bob Jones (1939- 2/May/2025) has just died. Businessman, writer, commentator, teacher, humorist, art collector. Only weeks ago he was writing articles and giving long radio interviews. He said he purchased books in triplicate for his 3 libraries in his houses around the world that he would flit between. He had a […]
Read more..May 7, 2025
1903: Canterbury Weka Wiped Out
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
Amusing to see that a woodhen managed to hop a ride coast to coast. From an Inangahua campsite on the West Coast it jumped into the vehicle of some campers who discovered the bird when they returned to Christchurch. No weka, aka New Zealand hen, aka Maori hen have been in the wild in Canterbury […]
Read more..May 6, 2025
German Parents Arrested For Obeying Lockdown In 2025
By NZB3
Undies Undies Togs? German parents arrested in Spain for being in COVID Lockdown ‘too long’ and inflicting it on their 3 kids. The same behavior in 2020, 2022 was mainstream and illegal not to do. For the following years it was just normal. And as of mid-2025 it’s illegal behavior and they have been arrested! […]
Read more..May 3, 2025
Smart Cops
By NZB3
Might be an idea to put two news headlines about the New Zealand Police together. One from today, the other from yesterday. Police warned over shifting information to Microsoft cloud services, Phil Pennington, RNZ “Police have been warned that shifting their information to the cloud could have “severe detrimental impacts” if they are not careful. […]
Read more..April 30, 2025
1866: Engelbrecht’s Ending
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
With regret we read that the old Engelbrecht farm at Bennetts (Oxford) is being surrendered after being in the family since about 1866. This time it’s voluntary. The first farm was taken by the flooding Waimakariri. Engelbrecht was ruined and had to start over. Now his second property, Island Farm, previously known as Pine Tree […]
Read more..April 30, 2025
The banks are also tax collectors
By NZB3
The banks are also tax collectors. Rating Act provisions also allows State to forcibly steal by simply getting your bank to pay them and add the cost to your debt. Auckland Council: $26 million from 8588 properties Christchurch City Council: $3.8 million from 1300 properties Tauranga City Council: $560,000 from 190 properties Dunedin City Council: […]
Read more..April 29, 2025
Speechless Surfer Girl
By NZB3
Just having a listen to some Aussie news today and they’re excited about a girl who won a surfing competition, Isabella Nichols. She is interviewed on the water and gives a fluent, long, rapid-fire sound bite that ends with “I’m speechless.” Found it online and cropped it here. Full interview is even longer! She starts […]
Read more..April 28, 2025
Police Training
By NZB3
Today in State News: Police launch wide-ranging investigation to find out why they approved recruits that couldn’t pass the physical test. Mystery? The Anarkiwi opinion has a quick answer. Opinion subject to verification… Many ‘recruits’, and tertiary ‘students’, for that matter are not part of these programs for their own good at all. They’re there […]
Read more..April 28, 2025
1915: You Go
By Anarchist History of New Zealand
“Not I,” said the dog. “Not I,” said the pig. “Not I,” said the cow. Oh, but then who should go to fight this Great War? Some folks inherit star-spangled eyes Hoo, they send you down to war, Lord And when you ask ’em, “How much should we give?” Hoo, they only answer, “More, more, […]
Read more..April 25, 2025
